Fishhawk Falls

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| location = Lee Wooden County Park

| type = Steep Veiling Cascade

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Fishhawk Falls, is a waterfall located along the Fishhawk Creek in Clatsop County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.{{cite web|title=Fishhawk Falls - Clatsop County, Oregon|url=https://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/waterfall/Fishhawk-Falls-4101|website=Northwest Waterfall Survey|accessdate=5 June 2017}} It totals 72 feet fall in one wide cascade and is the centerpiece attraction of the Lee Wooden Fishhawk Falls trailhead and Recreation Site.{{cite web|title=Lee Wooden Fishhawk Falls Park|url=https://www.co.clatsop.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/parks/page/639/lee_wooden.pdf|website=Clatsop County Parks|accessdate=7 June 2017}} Fishhawk Falls is located a mile from the Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area off of Highway 202 between Jewell and Astoria.

The Fishhawk Falls runs over exposed stacked basalt columns making a dike that is of identical composition to the Columbia River basalt. It forms part of a basalt flow, like those at Otter Rock and Hug Point, that rank among the longest on earth, approximately 300 miles from eastern Oregon and Washington.

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